How do I get newly updated timezone data to be used, rather than the old one?
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My /var/db/timezone/tz/2021a.3.0/zoneinfo was updated to version 2022a on 18 March 2022.
The old one is still being read, that is 2021a.
The new links are shown here:–
:timezone johnhall$ ls
total 0
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 35 1 Nov 11:44 icutz -> /var/db/timezone/tz/2021a.3.0/icutz
drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 128 25 Mar 22:06 tz
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 29 25 Mar 22:06 tz_latest -> /var/db/timezone/tz/2022a.1.0
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 38 1 Nov 11:44 zoneinfo -> /var/db/timezone/tz/2021a.3.0/zoneinfo
I have no idea how to remove/recreate the zoneinfo link to point to /var/db/timezone/tz/2022a.1.0 nor any idea if the icutz entry needs to be changes as well :(
Note: the /var/db/timezone/tz fofolder now contains the 2 timezone folders, old and new:-
MacPRO:tz johnhall$ ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 160 26 Oct 11:30 2021a.3.0
drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 160 18 Mar 14:28 2022a.1.0
I've come up with a solution. I guess it was as a failed TZ update from Apple this month.
disable SIP (Recovery mode, terminal : csrutil disable )
$ unlink /var/db/timezone/icutz
$ ln -Fs /var/db/timezone/tz/2022a.1.0/icutz /var/db/timezone/icutz
$ unlink /var/db/timezone/zoneinfo
$ ln -Fs /var/db/timezone/tz/2022a.1.0/zoneinfo /var/db/timezone/zoneinfo
My folders now look like this:-
MacPRO:~ johnhall$ cd /var/db/timezone
MacPRO:timezone johnhall$ ls -laOA@
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x@ 6 root wheel restricted 192 27 Mar 19:41 .
com.apple.rootless 8
drwxr-xr-x 112 root wheel sunlnk 3584 27 Mar 19:38 ..
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel restricted 35 27 Mar 19:40 icutz -> /var/db/timezone/tz/2022a.1.0/icutz
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel restricted 96 27 Mar 19:22 tz
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel restricted 29 25 Mar 22:06 tz_latest -> /var/db/timezone/tz/2022a.1.0
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel restricted 38 27 Mar 19:41 zoneinfo -> /var/db/timezone/tz/2022a.1.0/zoneinfo
MacPRO:timezone johnhall$ cd tz
MacPRO:tz johnhall$ ls -laOA@
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel restricted 96 27 Mar 19:22 .
dr-xr-xr-x@ 6 root wheel restricted 192 27 Mar 19:41 ..
com.apple.rootless 8
drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel restricted 160 18 Mar 14:28 2022a.1.0
Asked by John HALL
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Mar 26, 2022, 09:06 AM
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